Dear Lacuna, Dear Lard.(Poem) From: Poetry | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Modern Poetry Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

 
DEAR LACUNA, DEAR LARD: 
 
   I'm here, one fat cherry 
      blossom blooming like a clod, 
 
   one sad groat glazing, a needle puling thread, 
      so what, so sue me. These days what else to do but leer 
 
   at any boy with just the right hairline. Hey! I say. 
      That's one tasty piece of nature. Tart Darkling, 
 
   if I could I'd gin, I'd bargain, I'd take a little troll 
      this moolit night, let you radish me awhile, 
 
   let you gag and confound me. How much I've struggled 
      with despicing you, always; your false poppets, relentless 
 
   distances. Yet ...

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